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M. Bison Street Fighter (SOTA) - Round 1 Rated 5.00 stars by Henchmen4Hire Brain-washing, induced global famine, eco-terrorism, governmental corruption, genocide, genetic engineering...of evil, nothing is too low of a blow for this guy.
Bison stands 6.5 inches tall (and a little taller if you count his fancy hat) and is made of evil and cool. This fig looks like a wrapped mound of muscle. Bison is insanely muscular (how puny little Cammy can beat him-up is beyond my comprehension, but I'll root for her all the way!) and all the muscle makes his head look tiny by comparison. I can't tell if it's just an optical illusion or not but his head looks a little too small. In any case, he is game-accurate and has great detail in the clothes. The red areas are cast with red plastic (and well-shaded) so there's no paint-rub (either that or it's painted so well that it...[See More]
Great review, he like most of the other SF figures were hard to come by in my area.
T.Hawk Street Fighter (SOTA) - Round 2 Rated 5.00 stars by Henchmen4Hire T.Hawk is scary. Even when someone tells you the giant sour-faced monster is really a kind and friendly soul, he's still scary.
Hawk stands a hair under 8 inches, which is still heaps taller then the other SF figures. It's too tall, I know someone will argue this point, but I think 7.5 inches would look better. The other figs just look so puny next to him. The clothes are painted to look like denim (well done) and the shoes look like real wood. The detail is meticulous and fine. Belt buckle has an embossed hawk and the word "HAWK" on it, wrinkles on the fingers and clothes, flexible tassels on the jacket and boots, feathered eyebrows, finger-nails, golden arm-bands, the list goes on. I am shocked that there are no major paint-flaws on this figure, especially considering all the detail...[See More]
Ken Street Fighter (SOTA) - Round 2 Rated 5.00 stars by Henchmen4Hire Normally, I hate guys named Ken, but Street Fighter's Ken is an exception. I mean, how can you hate a fictional character right? It's okay to hate Mario though, he keeps wrecking Bowser's awesome castles, and I'm sure those things must have cost a fortune, what with all the secret passageways and statues that shoot lasers out of their eyes, freaking Mario. :|
D'ya Ken seas a beag over 6 inches. Sorry, I've been watching too much Highlander...Ken stands a little bit over 6 inches, about 6.1. If you haven't heard it already, SOTA's Street Fighter toys are fantabulous, unrivaled in detail and accuracy. Ken's suit (I know, it's called a "Gi". Look, I have the toy and you don't so just shaddap and listen, alright?) has smooth sleeves (as opposed to Ryu's ripped sleeves) and is cast in red...[See More]
Iron Man (Modern Armor) Marvel Legends (Toy Biz) - Series 8 Rated 4.00 stars by Henchmen4Hire Our beloved bastich is immortalized with his very own Marvel Legends figure. And even though it came out quite a while ago it's still sought after by many fans, especially with the Civil War comics flying around.
This Iron Man suit stands 6.5 inches, which makes sense considering its an iron suit (gotta make extra room for those rocket-boosters in the boots and the giant ego in the helmet). This is the Modern Iron Man suit, and everyone wants it so be sure to get yours while you can. The figure looks pretty accurate to the comics, although I'm sure some details had to be dropped to accommodate articulation, a choice well-made. Despite the apparent bulkiness of the armor, the fig is still super-poseable! All I've been hearing is how crappy the articulation is, and you know what, you're...[See More]
Well, Doc, (Knightmare) I must say that I agree with most of your review. This is a pretty good detailed sculpt, however I do have a few hangups with this figure. Tony Stark is supposed to wear an iron suit, but the figure looks so thin, it looks more like he is a cyborg. Lending to that is the wierd shoulder articulation, they look as if they are set out too far from his torso. If this is supposed to be an iron suit, I don''t see how even Mr. Fantastic could squeeze his arms into the ''sleeves''. I don''t think the figure is anywhere near as bulky as it should be. But other than that, I still like the figure.
Viral Unit Cyber Units (McFarlane) - Basic Series Rated 4.90 stars by Henchmen4Hire There are so many great things to say about McFarlane's line of figures. Great characters, beautiful sculpts, and insane amounts of detail are just a few, but the huge drawback of all this goodness is the almost non-exsistant articulation. Why do so many people have a problem with this? Because McFarlane calls them ACTION FIGURES, not statues. Why not just call them what they are, mini-statues, goddess knows these figures are already priced like statues. Luckily, once in a blood-moon, McFarlane decides to make authentic action figures, with all the articulation we could ask for to get great action-poses.
I buy random figures all the time, mostly as fodder for my customs, but McFarlane's stuff demands to be left alone. The figures are just so perfect that to chop them up for fodder is a...[See More]
Im guilty of buying at least 4 or 5 of the series and foddering em into pieces. 6$ at big lots the one near my house is out but there are some more at other b.l.
Really? Cool, these things have a ton of great armor pieces, If I find anymore at the B.L. then I''m making some crazy Iron Man suits
Gouken (Final Battle) (Toyrocket) Street Fighter (SOTA) - Exclusives Rated 5.00 stars by Henchmen4Hire Ever buy an entire action figure series because you loved the game it was based on? Must be one hell of a game, like the Street Fighter series. And considering how darn expensive these figures are now, you've got to have a LOT of love to throw around...
Ol' Gouken ("Old G" as young Ryu and Akuma liked to call him) stands in at 6.5 inches of bulging, burlap-wrapped muscle. I don't know how old he's supposed to be but he looks about 50. Amazing sculpting all-around on this fig; wrinkles, scars, muscleature, clothes, toes, crazy eyebrows, everything, WOW. There are a few different variations of this figure, with the constant being that they don't come with an extra head or hands! (both hands are in fists). I have the "Final Battle" variant; the head has a calm facial expression and the body...[See More]
Ibuki Street Fighter (SOTA) - Round 4 Rated 5.00 stars by Henchmen4Hire As we all know, no fighting game is complete without a few ninjas thrown into the character line-up. It's like trying to eat cheesecake without eating the cheese. It's possible, but it's time consuming and troublesome, and then you get the hoards of angry teenagers screaming "where's the cheese in my cheesecake!? Where's the goddamn cheese!?" And we don't want that, now do we?
Ibuki stands at 6 inches of drab-tan ninjaness (and for a ninja, that's a good thing). The detail overall is great, of course, especially the way the baggy pants are sculpted, even the fingers and toes aren't over-looked (although the toes are a slightly different flesh-tone that the rest of the body, they're more ashy). The hair-bangs and tails are flexible, there are also small flicks of hair sticking-out from...[See More]
Y''know, I''ve been wanting to make a female Djinn figure for a while. Might have to invest in one so I can steal her pants.
Mongul DC Super Heroes (Mattel) - Series 5 Rated 5.00 stars by Henchmen4Hire I love how all the DCSH figures have their own original sculpt. Each figure isn't just a recast and repainted version of an older figure in the line. Darkseid and Steel were fantastic, and Mongul is no exception.
The unjolly pink giant stands in at about 7.2 inches of raw, un-matched brawns. This guy looks ridiculously powerful, even with the lavender and pastel-colored clothes. Instead of the bland suit-design Mongul has in the comics, this figure was given a more realistic design, and the detail is phenomenal! Rivets, cables, grooves, armored plating, the works. The paint-job is super-smooth, and even all the little metallic rivets are individually painted (although some of them are a little blotchy, but not very noticeable). The large clunky boots are metallic lavender, so are many of...[See More]
She-Hulk Marvel Legends (Hasbro) - Blob Series Rated 4.50 stars by Henchmen4Hire So, she's gorgeous AND she can cook? Sweet! What?...what do you mean she's green?...
YES. That's it, best figure ever made...almost. 7 inches of HOT, and a little taller if you count her hair...HOT. But seriously, this is a great figure, maybe even the best of the bunch, but I haven't seen the Thor, Juggernaut, or Xorn yet to decide. The detail on the suit and shoes is perfect, the paint job is flawless, and she's also pretty to boot. The suit is painted with dirty-white (slighty dark white) and metallic-lavender, complimented with stitches and seams and wrinkles and a great pair of legs. There's really no major flaw in this figure, the body-sculpt is awesome, the scale perfect (I think, I've never read a She-Hulk comic!), and she's got a great smile! The green eyes and painted lips are...[See More]
But thats what God in his infinite wisdom made us customisers for Mael I like the look of her - but wouldve liked a little chunkier mucles on the calves, thighs and arms - even on muscular women this is their best featureif done correctly A recent Wonderwoman I seen from DC direct had better thighs than this But saying that this looks like a Gamma irradiated 70s Tina Turner to me - so i can dig it
Great and acurate review, there were a couple of things about this Shulkie that I was a little disappointed in though: the lack of a shoulder/bicep articulation and the way the hip joints were articulated. Hasbro could take some notes from Jakks Pacific on how to articulate hips. True, you can just about move her into any pose, but you have to make sure that the ball joints are turned the right way. Yes, the elbow joints kind of solve the lack of shoulder/bicep joint, but this figure would have been so much more awesome with the added articulation! Oh, Yeah, I''m not too fond of the "Barbie" hands either. Like you said, an extra closed fist/s would have been a great accessory for this figure. Overall, a great, sexy, Shulkie, and this is the first female face that Hasbro has done in this series that did not look like some kind of butt-ugly alien or something. Like Dr. Nightmare, I think Shulkie and Thor are the only ones worth getting. Sadly, Thor is the only one I have not been able to find.
Thanks for the input folks I got a X3 Juggernaut in the Mail today, review is imminent...
Jean Grey (X3) Marvel Legends (Hasbro) - Blob Series Rated 3.50 stars by Henchmen4Hire Yessss! Finally a Jean Grey! I mean, finally another Jean! Too bad she has Emma-syndrome...
Famke stands about 5.75 inches tall, in-scale with the other X-Men movie figures (I assume!). Like all women, Jean is pretty in a certain light, and hideous in another. The face is okay, it resembles the actress, but she really does look hung-over, as I've heard a thousand-fold before I got this chance to actually hold her in my hands, it's all in the eyes. Only the eyes, lips, and buckles on the suit are painted. I love the hair though (definite custom fodder!). The suit's design I also like, the boots look great, but the upper-body was botched. The figure's sleekness is ruined by the articulation. The waist is fine but the upper-body turns and tilts forward and back just under the breasts,...[See More]
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M. Bison
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